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September 26, 2023
26/9/2023 Kenya to ban footwear imports from 2024 The Kenyan government has announced a ban on footwear imports from 2024 in order to support the local leather industry. Trade and Investment Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria announced the move, adding that additional leather factories will be constructed. Speaking at the ground breaking…
September 26, 2023
United States price data 2023 | September September 26 Recent update: It was hoped that the strike action taken by automotive workers would have been resolved, but the situation is escalating with more workers taking action last Friday. It is now thought that more now 35 different locations across the U.S. are on strike in some form or…
September 26, 2023
Netherlands price data 2023 | September September 26 Recent update: The one consistently high point of the finished leather business has been the high-end fashion and small leather goods segment. In this part of the industry, there has been practically no change in prices for the whole of the year, with one supplier reporting that they feel…
September 26, 2023
Uruguay price data 2023 | September September 26 Price tables Wet-blue bovine Whole, unsplit Selection Previous price (US$/pce)* US$/sqft* TR1 0.74 0.74 TR3 0.66 0.66 TR4 0.56 0.56 TR5 0.50 0.50 Notes: *cif China/t/off Table last updated on 26/9/2022 Source: Edify Digital Media September 19 Price tables Wet-blue bovine Whole, unsplit Selection…
September 26, 2023
Paraguay price data 2023 | September September 26 Tables Wet-blue bovine Whole, full substance (50% no hump) Selection Weight (kg/pce) SQFT Previous price (US$/sq ft)* US$/sq ft* TR1 av 23/25 av 48 0.64 0.64 TR2 av 21/23 av 47 0.57 0.57 TR3 av 20/22 av 46 0.46 0.46 TR4 av 19/21 av 46 0.41 0.41 TR5…
September 26, 2023
Colombia price data 2023 | September September 26 Price tables Wet-blue bovine lime split Whole Selection Size (sq ft/pce) Thickness (mm) Previous price (US$/pce)* US$/sq ft* TR1/2 50/50% av 48/53 2.00+ 0.42 0.40 TR3/4 50/50% av 48/53 2.00+ 0.33 0.33 Notes: *cif China/t/off, **cif China/t Table last updated on 26/9/2023 Source: Edify Digital…
September 26, 2023
Argentina Price Data 2023 | September September 26 Price tables Wet-salted bovine hides Type Weight* (kg/pce) Previous price (US$/pce)*** US$/pce*** Steer TR grade North Argentina av 23/26 22.50 22.50 Steer TR grade BA province av 23/26 23.00 23.00 Cow hides av 27/29 20.00 20.00 Notes: *salted weight, ***cif China/ori/off Table last…
September 25, 2023
25/9/2023 APLF confident for 2024 Hong Kong fair Organisers of the upcoming APLF Hong Kong fair held a press conference in Milan on September 20, highlighting their confidence ahead of the event. APLF Ltd focused on several factors that they believe will ensure success at the event, which will take place…
September 25, 2023
United States Statistics 2023 | September September 25 Recent update: A shorter working week due to the Labour Day holiday meant that the week ending September 9, 2023, returned some very low slaughter results. The USDA has shown that a total of just 558,921 head of cattle went to market, which, even allowing for the lost working…
September 25, 2023
Germany price data 2023 | September September 25 Recent update: Those that visited the Milan trade fair last week came away thinking that there are problems within Europe that have been known but not spoken about for a while. These centre around the idea that end consumers do not have the disposable income they once did, and…